Editor’s note: The article has been updated when one of the
previously heavy fighters came back to successfully make
weight.
The weigh-ins for the
Ultimate Fighting Championship‘s return to Jacksonville were
anything but smooth.
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The 14-fight
UFC on ABC 5 card is headlined by Josh Emmett
vs. Ilia
Topuria. Both featherweights successfully made weight for the
five-round contest. However, the same could not be said for the
entirety of the undercard.
Loik
Radzhabov came in at 157.25 pounds, or 1.25 pounds over the
lightweight limit, and has been fined 20% of his purse, which will
go to opponent Mateusz
Rebecki (155.5). Additionally, Kleydson
Rodrigues checked in three pounds overweight for his flyweight
pairing against Tatsuro
Taira (126), and per ESPN
Deportes, the fight has been canceled. Finally, Jamall
Emmers initially clocked in one pound over for his
featherweight fight against Jack
Jenkins (145.5), but he returned having chopped off his hair to
hit the 146-pound cap.
Emmett (18-3) is looking to bounce back after coming up short
against Yair
Rodriguez in an interim title fight. The American was submitted
in the second round after a triangle choke was applied. Prior to
the defeat, Emmett had won five straight, including a
split-decision win over Calvin
Kattar. The 38-year-old stepped on the scale at 145.5 pounds
without issue.
This marks the largest fight in the career of the undefeated
Topuria (13-0). “El Matador” has been perfect inside the Octagon,
having won five fights inside the UFC. Most recently, the Spanish
fighter by way of Georgia submitted Bryce
Mitchell with an arm-triangle choke. Topuria looked in great
shape and officially weighed 146 on the dot.
UFC on ABC 5 main card will air live on ABC and ESPN+ at 3 p.m.
ET/noon PT on Saturday. Prelims are live on ESPN and ESPN+ starting
at 11:30 a.m. ET/8:30 a.m. PT.
UFC on ABC 5 Weigh-in Results:
Josh
Emmett (145.5) vs. Ilia
Topuria (146)
Maycee
Barber (126) vs. Amanda
Ribas (125)
Austen
Lane (245.5) vs. Justin Tafa
(266)
David
Onama (146) vs. Gabriel
Santos (145)
Brendan
Allen (185.5) vs. Bruno Silva
(186)
Neil
Magny (171) vs. Philip
Rowe (171)
Randy
Brown (171) vs. Wellington
Turman (171)
Loik
Radzhabov (157.25)* vs. Mateusz
Rebecki (155.5)
Tabatha
Ricci (114) vs. Gillian
Robertson (116)
Joshua
Van (125.25) vs. Zhalgas
Zhumagulov (125.5)
Jose
Mariscal (154) vs. Trevor Peek
(156)
Jamall
Emmers (146) vs. Jack
Jenkins (145.5)
Kleydson
Rodrigues (129)** vs. Tatsuro
Taira (126)
Cody
Brundage (186) vs. Sedriques
Dumas (185)
* Radzhabov missed weight by 1.25 pounds and has been fined 20%
of his purse
** Rodrigues missed weight by three pounds and the fight has
been canceled.